Samantha Bonar

Lay’s has announced the four finalist flavors in its Lay’s “Do Us A Flavor” contest. Potato chip and money lovers submitted more than 14 million potato chip flavor ideas between January and April, hoping to take home a minimum $1-million grand prize. The finalist flavors are Cappuccino, Cheddar Bacon Mac......

Kraft Foods has recalled almost 8,000 cases of Kraft American Singles Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product that were distributed nationwide because an ingredient wasn't stored at the proper temperature, according to the Food and Drug Administration. While "unlikely," this could lead to premature spoilage or foodborne illness, according to the FDA......

Despite legal bans and doctors’ warnings about trans fat, nearly one in 10 processed food products sold in the United States still contains it, according to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet most foods that contain trans fat don't list it on the label,......

After performing exhaustive research (with lots of charts, graphs, diagrams, calculations and footnotes), scientists in New Zealand have determined that mozzarella is the best cheese for pizza. Their findings, “Quantification of Pizza Baking Properties of Different Cheeses, and Their Correlation with Cheese Functionality,” were published in the Journal of Food......

Over 90,000 pounds of chicken Caesar salad kits made by Corona-based APPA Fine Foods have been recalled due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The salad kits were shipped nationwide to Sam’s Club stores for retail sale in......

Peanut butter sold at Trader Joe's, Whole Foods and other stores nationwide is being recalled because of possible salmonella contamination, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Please change the channel. We've already seen this episode. The recalled products were made by San Leandro-based nSpired Natural Foods Inc. and also......

Sugar farmers won a major legal victory on Aug. 5 against high fructose corn syrup mega-manufacturers who have been trying to claim that high fructose corn syrup is nutritionally the same as table sugar," "natural" and really just "corn sugar." The Western Sugar Cooperative, a group of sugar farmers, sued......

The first-ever federal criminal trial stemming from a deadly foodborne illness outbreak in 2008-09 has revealed a shocking fact: The nation’s food safety structure largely runs on an “honor system.” Witnesses have testified that Stewart Parnell and others at Peanut Corp. of America knowingly shipped salmonella-tainted peanut products. They say......

Many were shocked to learn that before new Food and Drug Administration rules took effect Tuesday, there was absolutely no regulation behind using the term "gluten-free" on food packaging. The term pretty much meant whatever manufacturers decided it meant.  As we reported recently, however, now the FDA is paying attention......